Adobe Builder News
Adobe building information portal site. Producers of the Earthbuilders Encyclopedia CD-ROM, a 300-page reference of earth construction. Also has information about the Southwest Solar Adobe School, building codes, and a general introduction to earth structures.
Aureka Auram Earth Brick Presses
Manufacturer of compressed earth block presses, wind pumps, and other equipment to support sustainable living.
Auroville Earth Institute
Research and development group based in southern India that provides training, reference materials and photographs for constructing earthen buildings.
Castles in the Ground
Custom builder of earth sheltered and underground homes.
Claywall Ecological Building Systems
Northern New South Wales manufacturer of clay boards designed for installation on timber frame buildings that can be finished with plaster inside and out.
Cob Building with Groundworks
Information on cob construction. Groundworks also provides workshops and publishes the Cob Builders Handbook.
Cob Construction Company
Traditional builders and suppliers of traditional building products based in Exeter England.
Cob Cottage Company, The
Information about cob, a hands-on construction technique using earth mixed with sand and straw.
Davis Caves
Underground and earth sheltered home builder. Based in Illinois, will build anywhere in the US.
Defco
Manufacturers of the Blockmaker mobile block-making machine. Includes cost comparision with standard block construction and adobe building codes.
Dhaj's Place
Offers workshops on in-situ adobe, paving, plaster, and mosaic construction in Northland NZ.
Earth Berm Web site
Descriptions and extensive links for earth berm and earth sheltered homes.
Earth Building Foundation, The
A non-profit organization that provides information on adobe and rammed earth construction techniques.
Earth Building Research Forum
Site supported by the Faculty of Design, Architecture, and Building at the University of Technology, Sydney to investigate material properties and constructional aspects of earthbuilding. Contains research articles, web links, and a publication list relating to earth construction.
Earth Construction in the Coast of Alentejo
The aim which we consider when we speak about construting in mud, whether through the method of taipa, or any other one, is to adapt the materials to the site of project, and to consider in first place the confort of the habitation, or the spaces to live in, according with the environment
Earth-Sheltered Buildings
Specialist company who has developed a fully factory built system for earth-sheltered construction manufactured largely from sustainable and recycled materials. Based in UK.
Earthbuilding Concepts
Offering complete building and consulting services, including design and engineering services, for sustainable earth and strawbale buildings. Specializing in Adobe, rammed earth, pressed block, cast earth, and cob.
Earthlog Equity Group, L.L.C.
Builders of earth sheltered homes with log fronts.
Earthuprising Adobe Block & Machine Co.
Manufacturer of portable, diesel powered adobe block machines. Site in English and Spanish.
Environmental Construction Technologies
Manufacturer of Enviro-Bricks and Earth Bricks: compressed soil stabilized interlocking building units.
Hobbit Homes
Designers and builders of cob homes in Canada who include the owners in the entire process. Can also host workshops and provide materials.
How I Built My Organic Home of Mud and Hemp
Handbook written by Teresa Berube that outlines how to build a sustainable home with a small budget.
Kindred Rammed Earth Homes
Builders of fine rammed earth homes. Durango, Colorado.
Make it Mudbricks
South Eastern New South Wales manufacturer of puddled mud bricks that are CSIRO approved for load bearing and post and beam style homes.
Mule Creek Adobe, Inc.
Adobe brick manufacturer located in SW New Mexico that produces traditionally molded blocks in several sizes that exceed New Mexico and Arizona minimum requirements for compressive strength and modulus of rupture. Bricks are stabilized with a 4% asphalt emusion. Site includes a table for calculating the number of bricks required for a project.
Oskam
Dutch manufacturer of compressed earth block machines. Site in Dutch and English.
Powell & Sons Pressed Earth Machines
Manufacturers of compressed earth and adobe block machines.
Rammed Earth
Contains a description of the construction of a rammed earth house in Australia. Includes photos, a tongue-in-cheek F.A.Q., and links to other sites.
Rammed Earth Development (Arizona)
Designs and builds rammed earth and adobe houses in Tucson and Southern Arizona. Information about design, general contracting, and wall ramming services.
Rammed Earth Works
Information on PISÉ, a rammed earth construction technique developed by David Easton.
Rocky Mountain Research Center
Information on building earth sheltered homes using the principles of passive annual heat storage. Online tours of underground houses with construction details.
Rogers Rammed Earth
Rammed Earth Building is both evolution and revolution. Its origins date back ten thousand years. Stabilised rammed earth is a strong and durable construction method, is weather resistant, thermally efficient and maintenance free.
Sandbag City
Photographs of a variety sandbag construction methods and links to sandbag resources.
Soil Block Machines
AECT provides information on its three compressed soil block machines in addition to an overview of earthen construction. Earthen construction is economical, cost efficient and does not use precious resources.
Southwest Desert Sustainability Project
Non-profit group with programs and information on earth construction including Composite Adobe.
Terra Firma Earth Building Company
Designs and builds rammed earth homes in New Zealand, and provides rammed earth consultation services. Site contains project photos and construction options.